Cup title at the last race of the season in Amsterdam, where he finished second overall with the 1500 metre gold. -The 3000 metres event at the World Cup was not officially awarded overall. Winter Olympics Kim made a good recovery through the 2001–02 World Cup Series and was highly expected to win multiple medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Despite being ranked first in the world for all three Olympic disciplines, Kim ended up being shut out of medals at the Olympics. Controversy surrounded his disqualification at the 1500-metre race, where he crossed the line first in the final but was then disqualified for allegedly blocking Apolo Ohno. Many skating pundits and fans refused to accept the DQ saying that Ohno just made an exaggeration just like Kim hit him and then he was saying he deserved the gold medal. South Korean media accused Ohno of simulating foul, using the Konglish word "Hollywood action". The Korean Olympic Committee took the protest to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after an initial appeal to the International Skating Union had been rejected, but the arbitration panel finally dismissed South Korea's appeal of the disqualification of Kim. The South Korean delegation threatened to boycott the Olympic closing ceremony to protest what they believed was biased refereeing. The incident provoked anti-American sentiment among South Koreans. In Ohno's autobiography, Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday, he wrote, "Kim came up to me after one of the races and said, in English, 'You're number one. You are the best.'" However, in his appearance on the 6 June 2012 episode of MBC's weekly talk show Radio Star, Kim denied saying that. World Championships A month later, Kim won all possible six gold medals in the men's category at the 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (overall, 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m relay), a feat achieved by no other man in the history of the competition. Though Canada's Sylvie Daigle achieved the same feat in the women's sport at the 1983 World Championships in Tokyo, no World Championship title was awarded for relays that year. In particular, he astounded spectators and competitors alike when he sprinted ahead during the 1500 m final race and retained his speed throughout, eventually winning the gold by finishing one and a half lap before his competitors. He also showed a remarkable